Melilla

Ciudad Autónoma de Melilla'''

Area - total	20 km²
Population - Total (2003) - Density	69 184 3459.2/km²
Demonym - English - Spanish	--- melillense
Statute of Autonomy	March 14, 1995
ISO 3166-2	ES-ML
Parliamentary representation Congress seats Senate seats	1 2
President	Juan JosÃÂÃÂ© Imbroda OrtÃÂÃÂz (PP)
Ciudad Autónoma de Melilla

Melilla, known in Arabic as Melilia is a Spanish autonomous city on the coast of eastern Morocco, in North Africa. It is a free port, and the principal industry is fishing. Cross-border commerce (legal or smuggled) and Spanish and European grants and wages are the other income sources.

Melilla was the frontier of the kingdom of TremecÃÂÃÂ©n and the Kingdom of Fez, when Spain conquered the city in 1497.

Morocco has always tried to reconquer, or claimed the city. The Moroccan government claims Ceuta, Melilla and some small Spanish islands by the African shore (Plazas de Soberanía).

As of 1994 the population was 63,670.

ISO 3166-1 reserves EA for Melilla and Ceuta.

See also: Ceuta, Isla Perejil

Autonomous Communities of Spain
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